| tact1 |
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| 09/04/19 12:10 PM |
Re: Questions about Model 1900 M-S
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Where the scope claw mount is on the receiver ring I can only read "M 1900".
Left side of receiver is marked "Oesterr.Waffenfabr.-Ges.Steyr.
Photos?
'Oesterr. Waffenfabr. - Ges. Steyr', short for Österreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft Steyr (Austrian Arms-Manufacturing Company - Steyr), was marked on the left side of the receiver of all Mannlicher Schönauer rifles and stutzen until sometime in 1926 when the company name was changed to Steyr-Werke AG.
When was it proofed? Look for numbers such as these:
The above example was proofed in 1907, the 711th arm proofed at the Vienna Proof House for that year. The stylized 'NPv' is the 'Nitro Proof' for Vienna. The 'C 9.0' indicates a 9mm bore, which would be the original chambering (9X56) for the M1905.
I got it apart and found the following proofs.
on the right side of the receiver is 953 .01 and the NPv nitro proof. On the barrel is 953 .01
C 6.5
1606G
So it looks like originally it was a 6.5x54 and has been re-bored to 8x56. I also found further underneath the barrel 7.8m/m
.57
935
16
I also found the German Crown over N nitro proof over the above numbers. The serial # 295 is on the barrel and receiver as well as other parts including the stock. The 953rd rifle proofed in 1901 makes this an old one.